I was changing in the locker room when one of the women in the class, Judy, stared at me lasciviously. I automatically turned away and got the heck out of there. My reaction was instinctual; I didn't have to think about it.
I felt unnerved, repelled. Guys had looked at me that way. And if I liked them, then I relished the attention. But a girl eyeing at me that way? Yuck!
At the time, my reaction proved beyond a shadow of a doubt to me that I was straight. I didn't really need convincing. I never had any romantic interest in females. (To quote Seinfeld: "Not that there's anything wrong with that.")
Fortunately, at that time, there wasn't any peer pressure on youth, at least in that realm. Back then, the media and the schools weren't pitching homosexuality.
Of course, we live in different times. If the same incident happens to a young girl today, she feels pressured to loosen up, lighten up, and experiment. This is why polls show that an astounding number of girls from 13 to 21 have had least one lesbian encounter. And of course, many boys are also experimenting with a bisexual lifestyle.
Back in my day, it would have been odd for a girl to have a homosexual experience. These days, the oddballs are the kids who don't give in to peer pressure.
And the pressure is not just from other kids. Television shows, magazine articles, even some teachers shout out the message to indulge in every possible sexual predilection. Rather than "give peace a chance," the new national vibe is give hedonism a chance!
Isn't there something wrong with pressuring children who are still learning subtraction to start thinking about sex? Even the Girl Scouts are getting into the act of promoting promiscuity. And in some progressive households, children are in charge of deciding their gender, a practice called "gender fluidity."
Where are the limits here? Where does it all this end?
A couple of years ago, in my leftist days, I would have been a strong proponent of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." But now that I take a few moments to actually think about things, the commingling of out-of-the-closet gays and straights in our military seems like a disaster in the making.
Given the stresses of service -- long stretches away from family, depression, and loneliness, not to mention the adrenaline surge of war -- isn't it a potential problem for so much sexual tension to be circulating in the air?
Frankly, I'm even questioning whether men and women should serve together for long periods of time in such intimate circumstances. Hasn't that alone led to unintended pregnancies and affairs?
Personally, I wouldn't like it one bit if I were stuck in a tent -- or a submarine -- with someone like Judy. At the very least, I would find the situation distracting, which is the last thing our military personnel need.
Progressive readers will brand me a homophobe for saying what I'm saying. I'm not homophobic, but I am a realist. I'm also deeply committed to protecting our troops at all costs.
War creates a level of stress that we civilians cannot understand. It's not coincidental that most of the politicians voting to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" have never served in the military themselves.
Rather than kowtowing to the PC police, our government should be laser-focused on protecting our soldiers and our country. Our warriors need to fight the enemy -- while not having to worry about fighting off unwelcome advances.
Robin of Berkeley
Robin is a recovering liberal, and a licensed psychotherapist who lives in Berkeley, California. The above information is intended for entertainment and educational purposes, rather than to offer any kind of definitive diagnoses.Visit Robin’s blog.
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